Facebook is launching a standalone messenger application following their purchase of group messaging start-up, Beluga, in February, according to TechCrunch.

The standalone messaging app will be called Messenger for iOS and Android, and fuses features of Beluga with Facebook Messages.

The app is currently being rolled out on Apple's App store and should be available shortly on the Android Market.

According to TechCrunch, the new app is a lot like Facebook messaging. When a user clicks on Messenger, they will see a list of recent conversations being held on Facebook and because the app is linked to Facebook, users will also be able to see chats and direct messages on Facebook on the new app.

To start a conversation, users click on the person they want to talk to, and if a friend send a user a message when they are not online, they will get a push notification.